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Japan's space agency is researching the construction of a moon base using robots. The project, which has been in progress for three years already, is a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kajima Corporation (a construction company), and three universities: Shibaura Institute of Technology, The University of Electro-Communications and Kyoto University.
Recently, the collaboration did an experiment on automated construction at the Kajima Seisho Experiment Site in Odawara (central Japan).
A 7-ton autonomous backhoe went through its paces at the site, going through procedures such as driving a specified distance and repeating routine operations, JAXA officials said in a statement. Operations that required more fine handling were performed with a human, by remote control
Presumably they included a two second delay.
Preparing a moonbase will require site preparation, excavation, installation of the module, and then covering it all back up to protect it from radiation.
Too bad we can't get one in place by July 20, 2019. (On July 20, 1969 man first walked on the moon. This year marks the 50th anniversary of that event. Hopefully there will be parties with mooncake.)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @08:38PM (3 children)
... videos purporting to be man walking in the moon were disseminated. Don't ask why the flag was waving in absence of atmosphere.
FTFY
(Score: 3, Informative) by RamiK on Sunday April 07 2019, @08:59PM
Because you'd get an answer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhab86KoVjU [youtube.com]
compiling...
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday April 07 2019, @08:59PM
Because we already know: Astronauts were moving the flag around, and inertia made it look like it was fluttering in the breeze.
Or, alternately, you can let Buzz Aldrin's right hook [youtube.com] do the talking.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 08 2019, @08:01AM
you know that you can just get a good telescope and look at the moon to find the stuff they left behind, right? nobody's stopping you.
NASA already did it with a probe: https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-09/new-nasa-photos-show-footprints-moon. [popsci.com]
since you don't trust them, make a telescope and point it at the same place. you're gonna see the same thing.